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he was asked about syria, and why the america has not been involved more in syria. >> obama: as is always the case when it comes to issues of war and peace the facts before you are important. it is incorrect for you to say we have done nothing. we have helped to mobilize the isolation of the assad regime internationally. we have supported and recognized the opposition. we have provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support for humanitarian aid. >> michael: and so you know, this is really the first time we've heard the president speaking directly about syria in such a way. what message is this sending eleanor? >> well, he took umbridge that the u.s. has done nothing and is forcefully listing everything that the u.s. has done. but in the context of what's going on over there it's the equivalent of nothing. i think he's been on the verge of doing something more. we've learned that hillary clinton and leon panetta both were pushing for more direct aid for opposition months ago. he has been resisting. it's a mess. how this plays out we may some day thank the president for not getting the
he was asked about syria, and why the america has not been involved more in syria. >> obama: as is always the case when it comes to issues of war and peace the facts before you are important. it is incorrect for you to say we have done nothing. we have helped to mobilize the isolation of the assad regime internationally. we have supported and recognized the opposition. we have provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support for humanitarian aid. >> michael: and so you know, this...
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i want to start with syria. the prime minister, all of these different high-ranking officials have fled the country and one of them was quoted saying -- >> it certainly looks that way. the former prime minister, he's a fairly new prime minister, wasn't part of the inner circle. he fled to london ten days ago. he says there's many more waiting to flee. a lot of more responsible members of the assad government want to leave and he's urging the rebels to start forming a provisional government that could take its place. we don't know if that's true. but what we do know is inside seer ya, the violence is increasing. people are fleeing parts of damascus. there are regular bombing attacks in damascus, in the capital. the fighting is intensifying at aleppo between the rebels. there was a report the rebel for the first time had shot down a syrian aircraft. but the assad forces are still quite strong and quite capable of inflicting massive damage just yesterday there was a bombing attack that killed 30 civilians. >> bill:
i want to start with syria. the prime minister, all of these different high-ranking officials have fled the country and one of them was quoted saying -- >> it certainly looks that way. the former prime minister, he's a fairly new prime minister, wasn't part of the inner circle. he fled to london ten days ago. he says there's many more waiting to flee. a lot of more responsible members of the assad government want to leave and he's urging the rebels to start forming a provisional...
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both house and senate intelligence committees have blocked any effort to provide aid to the rebels in syria. even though they demanded that president obama do so, now that the president has done so, they're against it. it just sort of sums up what's wrong with congress. your calls and comments welcome. we'll tell you all about what's going on here on current tv. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current
both house and senate intelligence committees have blocked any effort to provide aid to the rebels in syria. even though they demanded that president obama do so, now that the president has done so, they're against it. it just sort of sums up what's wrong with congress. your calls and comments welcome. we'll tell you all about what's going on here on current tv. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens...
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syria or whatever we might do. it is not the case with drones. we don't know. it is a big black box right? >> such a key component of obama's foreign policy has been we're going to slip in across borders, we're going to do covert actions kill who we need to kill as we view that. it is extremely -- you know, these kind of things, the way these things operate the machinery behind it when you read this memo, i mean this is what you would call, you know, a barnburner scoop. this is actually amazing stuff to see this written down in black and white the way the government does this. >> bill: again i think liberals progressives, would be raising holy hell if george bush and dick cheney -- if this were their policy demanding at least to know what the guidelines are. i think we should be equally strong, i believe in making that demand. even if it's president obama and joe biden. their policy. because this is a big deal. and you know -- >> if you think guys likewide-do that? -- wyden will do that? >> bill: he wrote letters saying we want to see all of the memos on drone
syria or whatever we might do. it is not the case with drones. we don't know. it is a big black box right? >> such a key component of obama's foreign policy has been we're going to slip in across borders, we're going to do covert actions kill who we need to kill as we view that. it is extremely -- you know, these kind of things, the way these things operate the machinery behind it when you read this memo, i mean this is what you would call, you know, a barnburner scoop. this is actually...
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in syria more signs of president assad's days are numbered and the white house warning syria you better not think about using chemical weapons like saddam hussein did. so we'll bring it all to you. take your calls. give you a chance to sound off. you can do so by giving us a call at 1-866-55-press. that is our toll free number. follow us on twitter. give us your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook, follow us on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow. here we go. peter ogborn and dan henning. >> happy tuesday. >> bill: team press here this morning. >> good morning. >> bill: phil backert has the phones. cyprian bowlding, a delighted redskins fan this morning. he's got the video camera. >> he's going to celebrate this morning. >> bill: dan didn't wear his giants garb this morning. >> for those who don't know, there is a rift here in the bill "bill press show." dan is a big giants fan. cyprian supports the football team here in washington. it is a heated rivalry. >> bill: even if your team loses, don't you think you would wear the gear? >> i have the hat. i am absolutely loyal. they
in syria more signs of president assad's days are numbered and the white house warning syria you better not think about using chemical weapons like saddam hussein did. so we'll bring it all to you. take your calls. give you a chance to sound off. you can do so by giving us a call at 1-866-55-press. that is our toll free number. follow us on twitter. give us your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook, follow us on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow. here we go. peter ogborn and dan...
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i made with the head of mi-6 and we were talking about syria. there's a rule -- i don't know this existed, but apparently there is a rule in england that you never talk about any meetings with the head of intelligence. it's like a meeting with the head of the cia. you never discuss where the head of the cia or mi-6 might happen to be, or you certainly never admit that you ever met with them. mitt romney should have known that. he didn't. he blabbed it to reporters. they had a field day with that. he also said as president to show his indication with the british people, he could not wait to get the bust of winston churchill back in the oval office. that was going to be his contribution to improving relations with the united states and the uk. oh, boy, that's profound isn't it? by the way, yes, the bust of winston churchill was in the oval office during the term of george w. bush. barack obama replaced it with a bust of martin luther king, jr. jesus mitt romney where does your loyalty lie? yeah let's put mlk in the back of the bus and put winston
i made with the head of mi-6 and we were talking about syria. there's a rule -- i don't know this existed, but apparently there is a rule in england that you never talk about any meetings with the head of intelligence. it's like a meeting with the head of the cia. you never discuss where the head of the cia or mi-6 might happen to be, or you certainly never admit that you ever met with them. mitt romney should have known that. he didn't. he blabbed it to reporters. they had a field day with...
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that has been the obama administration's approach whether it is in syria egypt or everywhere else. and what it's led to is regional destabilization. going back to what the u.s. can do, i think it is important to send a message that yes we'll suspend aid now but it can be resumed if the egyptian military accepts free and fair elections within the next year. as they themselves have said they will. but that's a way for the u.s. to keep the pressure on them and to have leverage. if you want the aid, you have to meet certain standards. but the aid shouldn't come carte blanche. that's just not the way pressure leverage works. let's use our leverage. >> bill: got it. so in other words suspend aid now but say we're willing to resume if you have elections. and if everybody can participate in the elections. >> exactly. >> bill: is it possible, do you think, that the -- at the next election, the muslim brotherhood could come forward with another candidate and win another election? >> it's possible. egyptian politics -- >> bill: sorry. we lost our connection there. too bad. because we had a gr
that has been the obama administration's approach whether it is in syria egypt or everywhere else. and what it's led to is regional destabilization. going back to what the u.s. can do, i think it is important to send a message that yes we'll suspend aid now but it can be resumed if the egyptian military accepts free and fair elections within the next year. as they themselves have said they will. but that's a way for the u.s. to keep the pressure on them and to have leverage. if you want the...
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happening that was unfolding yesterday that might have some impact is the discussion over whether or not syria has and is using chemical weapons. >> bill: the white house has been careful to damp down any expectations of any significant ta come accomplishment will come out of this trip other than the trip, itself. lynn, you have been writing this morning and we have been talking about the fact that harry reid sort of stunned dianne feinstein by giving her a call and saying that will assault weapons ban, we are not going to let it come to a vote on the senate floor. this is a major piece of the president's agenda as well. >> bill: >> here is my analysis. i am wondering about yours. right now, there are really four major measures that are part of the gun initiatives out there. well, if you included the assault weapons ban which is the one that just doesn't have the votes votes, the 60 votes in the senate to pass, you probably endanger everything by jettison jettisoning it as hard as it was and giving a very impassioned speech. right on it. it was emotional. he clearly was not a faux -- he wasn't
happening that was unfolding yesterday that might have some impact is the discussion over whether or not syria has and is using chemical weapons. >> bill: the white house has been careful to damp down any expectations of any significant ta come accomplishment will come out of this trip other than the trip, itself. lynn, you have been writing this morning and we have been talking about the fact that harry reid sort of stunned dianne feinstein by giving her a call and saying that will...
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we would have war in syria. we would have troops in syria. and now, we would have another war. we have a fifth war in egypt. thank you for nothing, john mccain. on the other hand, what is the white house going to do or what should it do about this? i have to tell you, i went to the briefing yesterday and i say this with all due respect and support and love for president obama. i don't think the white house has a freaking clue what to do. and i don't say that too critically because i don't know if i do either. i would love to know if you do. 1-866-55-press. but it is confusing as hell. the situation on the ground now. the first thing jay carney did tell us yesterday is we're not going to cut off aid to egypt. it is $1.5 billion a year we give them. jay carney says we don't think it would be wise to pull the plug. >> it is our view it would not be wise to abruptly change our assistance program. >> bill: but jay carney did call on -- at the same time called on the military to stop the violence. >> we call on the military to use maximum restraint responding to protestors, just as w
we would have war in syria. we would have troops in syria. and now, we would have another war. we have a fifth war in egypt. thank you for nothing, john mccain. on the other hand, what is the white house going to do or what should it do about this? i have to tell you, i went to the briefing yesterday and i say this with all due respect and support and love for president obama. i don't think the white house has a freaking clue what to do. and i don't say that too critically because i don't know...
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from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: 27 minutes now after the hour. >> this is "the full court press: the bill press show," love on your radio and current tv. >> 25 minutes after the hour now. did i mention it's a friday? all right. on the "full-court press," this friday, indeed, everybody we like to take a quick look back at some of our favorite sound bytes of the week and bring you our top 5, start at the bottom, work our way to the top. bob costas getting into a little hot water on sunday night football. >> number 5, in the coming d
from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. [...
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from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. [ music ] >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." . >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour, the full court press coming to you live from capitol hill in washington, d.c. brought to you today by the international association of iron workers, good men and women of the iron workers' union. the sky is the limit for them. you bet. find out hormore about that their good work at their website www iron workers.org. speaking of workers, working families and jobs, some good news on the jobs front on friday, here to tell us what it all means, i am very honored to welcome labor secretary hilda
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>> he will be colluding with kidnappers and terrorists in syria by this afternoon. >> stephanie: okay. nastiest -- would you like the fun facts? >> sure. yeah, i don't know why even like before he had seven words out of his mouth i thought oh, the right wing twitter verse. let's see. it doesn't matter who does it. it doesn't matter who. i don't know who half of the people are. obama has no business stating the states need to look at their laws and redo them. it sounds like he's trying to riot. yeah, that was pretty much the substance of his remarks. he was encouraging people to riot. i think we played the sound byte, he said the opposite. i encourage peaceful -- let's hear it again. >> obama: if i see any violence, i will remind folks that that dishonors what happened to trayvon martin and his family. >> see? code for riot. code that only black people understand. >> stephanie: holding a bubblegum wrapper up to a mirror. i encourage you to riot. >> what bubblegum wrapper did you hold up to a mirror? >> bazooka go. >> stephanie: there was a hidden message. you had to hold it up to a mir
>> he will be colluding with kidnappers and terrorists in syria by this afternoon. >> stephanie: okay. nastiest -- would you like the fun facts? >> sure. yeah, i don't know why even like before he had seven words out of his mouth i thought oh, the right wing twitter verse. let's see. it doesn't matter who does it. it doesn't matter who. i don't know who half of the people are. obama has no business stating the states need to look at their laws and redo them. it sounds like...
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. >> syria too. >> bill: 1-866-55-press is our toll free number. on the issues we've been talking about. from immigration to republican party reform. oh really? we're going to get into all of that and more with michael tomasky. continue our conversation from the "daily beast" coming up here on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to u
. >> syria too. >> bill: 1-866-55-press is our toll free number. on the issues we've been talking about. from immigration to republican party reform. oh really? we're going to get into all of that and more with michael tomasky. continue our conversation from the "daily beast" coming up here on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." what you're...